Townes

Townes may refer to:

People

Given name

• Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997), American singer songwriter
• Townes Van Zandt (album), eponymous album
• Townes (album), 2009 album by Steve Earle, dedicated to Townes Van Zandt

Surname

• Carol Lynn Townes, American gospel singer
• Charles Hard Townes (1915–2015), American Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• Clarence L. Townes Jr. (1928–2017), American businessperson, politician, and civic activist
• Harry Townes (1914–2001), American television and movie actor
• Henry Keith Townes (1913–1990), American entomologist
• Jeffrey Townes (born 1965), an American singer, more commonly known as DJ Jazzy Jeff
• Linton Townes (born 1959), American basketball player
• Marques Townes (born 1995), American basketball player
• Marvin Townes (born 1980), American football running back
• Sandra L. Townes (1944-2018), federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Philip L. Townes, physician and human geneticist who identified Townes–Brocks syndrome

Other

• Townes (album), 2009 Steve Earle album

See also

• Towne, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
• Town (disambiguation)
• Towns (disambiguation)
• Autler–Townes effect, change in the absorption/emission spectra
• Tonnes (name)